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UFC President Dana White (shown above with UFC women’s bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey) announced Friday the plans to add a women’s flyweight division to the UFC. White said the division, whose weight limit is 115 pounds, will be crucial to the promotion’s expansion internationally. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA UFC President Dana White announced...

While another UFC champion is sidelined for a number of months due to injury, UFC President Dana White says there will be no interim champion. The lightweight division will simply have to wait for Anthony Pettis to recovery and defend his title. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA With the recent news that Anthony Pettis...

“I shouldn’t say this,” Dana White told reporters, “I think that Cruz has kind of been stalling. I think Cruz has dragged this out longer than needed to be.” By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA Dominick Cruz last fought in October 2011 at UFC Live, where he successfully defended his UFC bantamweight championship for the...

Going into a much-anticipated showdown with Rick Story this Saturday, UFC 167’s Brian Ebersole is more than ready. Since his debut, in which he upset highly touted UFC veteran Chris Lytle, Ebersole has displayed great prowess as well as wacky antics (such as wheel kicks and chest hair patterns). It’s safe to say that there is no shortage of entertainment coming from...

In anticipation of tomorrow night’s UFC 167 pay-per-view event, UFC officials have put together a pre-fight weigh-ins ceremony set for today at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET. Today’s event goes down from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Tune in here to catch the free live stream of the UFC...

After finally claiming his title from Benson Henderson at UFC 164, Lightweight Champion Anthony “Showtime” Pettis was set to defend his title for the first time against Josh Thomas at UFC on Fox 9 in December that is until a recent knee injury has put him out of commission. It was released last week that...

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, UFC welterweight champion, may not receive an immediate title shot rematch if he loses against hard-hitting southpaw Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks. St. Pierre, The heavy favorite coming into Saturday’s main event, has all but cleaned out the welterweight division before standouts Hendricks and Rory “Ares” MacDonald rose up the ranks. In...

It has been a recurring theme among MMA fans when they speak of the UFC welterweight division. Will Rory “Ares” MacDonald, training partner of Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, ever fight the long-standing champion if he gets a title shot? St. Pierre and MacDonald have both been adamant in the past that this was an impossibility,...

Johny Hendricks talks about the buzz leading up to his UFC 167 welterweight title fight against Georges St-Pierre, the GSP retirement talk heading into the fight, the drug-testing drama heading into this fight, getting burnt during the UFC 167 commercial shoot, and more.

Richie Incognito, the NFL Miami Dolphins Offensive Guard, has come under fire recently for racial comments that he had left on Dolpin’s Offensive Tackle Jonathan Martin’s voicemail, and has been accused of bullying in the media. Just like everyone else in the mainstream sports media, Dana White had an opinion, saying the whole situation “makes...

Fresh off the heels of his ‘UFC Fight Night 31: Fight for the Troops’ victory over Brian Houstin, Derek Brunson is going after A-listers to help him with his UFC walkouts. Check it: Hey @MileyCyrus will you walkout with me my next fight singing "We Can't Stop" make sure you bring your foam finger &...

By Evan Stoumbelis The UFC will be heading to Georgia for UFC Fight Night 35 on January 15th. The card will be shown on Fox Sports 1 and comes live from Duluth’s Arena at Gwinnett Center. While the main event and co-main event have yet to be announced, two bouts have been confirmed for the...

UFC President Dana White has showed a disinterest in signing Bellator welterweight champion “Funky” Ben Askren, saying “As far as [Ben Askren], as far as the level he’s on? He barely beat Jay Hieron, you know? He’s got some work to do, he can fight in another organization and work his way up and go...

Georges “Rush” St. Pierre, the long-standing welterweight champion of the UFC, has undoubtedly earned a sizable fortune throughout his mixed martial arts career. Sizable enough, it seems, that Dana White believes that St. Pierre has enough money to retire after his fight against Johny “Bigg Rigg” Hendricks and live comfortably. Rumors have been circulating throughout...

Robbie Lawler talks about his UFC 167 fight against Rory MacDonald, why he’s not amazed by his career turnaround in 2013, why he always thought he’d return to the UFC, his thoughts on Rory MacDonald’s last fight, MacDonald as an opponent, and more.

“Funky” Ben Askren, the undefeated and dominant Bellator welterweight champion recently ran the course of his Bellator contract, and Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney has shown no interest in resigning the champion, calling him a “completely one-dimensional fighter who is utterly dominant in that dimension.” “We’ve relinquished any right to match here and Ben can sign...

It was announced some time ago that there would be an Ultimate Fighter: China. We now know that UFC middleweight Cung Le will serve as the Dana White figure on the show. The coaches have yet to be announced, but the fighters who will participate in the show’s inaugural season have. It’s a safe...

Former UFC Welterweight number one contender Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy hasn’t been seen in the cage for almost a year after he was diagnosed with Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome, better known as “Wolf Heart” which is a heart defect that causes an abnormal extra electrical pathway of the heart. This condition can often lead to...

There is not much information at this point as to why Jon “Bones” Jones will not be defending his title against Glover Teixeira in the main event of UFC 170 as announced yesterday by Dana White. Today Dana White announced Jon Jones would not be fighting on Feb 22nd against Teixeira. “I told you yesterday...

Earlier this week we ran a video that made UFC Heavyweight fighter, Matt Mitrione, look like a terrible poor sport. Thanks to our good friends over at 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu in Chicago, we have new footage with crystal clear audio and a better, closer angle of this recent match at a NAGA event. Was...

Where to even begin with this episode!! So obviously the tension with team Tate got a little crazy and having two teammates fight one another was just an emotional wreck with the two fighters! They both wanted the coaches attention, which is fair but makes it hard when there is just that one main coach! It...

Rivalry alert! Something is brewing between Anthony Pettis and Nate Diaz and I don’t seeing it ending here. This whole thing started when Nate was a guest on BJPENN.COM Radio and blasted Pettis prior to him beating Benson Henderson. Two days ago we covered Nate Diaz’s recent attack towards Anthony Pettis and his seemingly never-ending...

UFC 167, GSP vs. Hendricks is just two short days away. And while we may not facilitate of even condone sports betting here at BJPENN.COM, we acknowledge that some of our fans do. Probably one of the better places to shop odds is at BestFightOdds.com, check the money action below: Main Card (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m....

After taking more than a year off following a torn ACL, Georges St-Pierre returned to face interim champion Carlos “The Natural Born Killer” Condit at UFC 154. Condit exceeded expectations but still did not do enough to unseat the two-time champion.

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